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Bangladesh’s Infrastructure Paradox: Between Bold Vision and Bitter Reality
- Arpita Chakraborty
- Nov 19, 2025
Bangladesh has consistently articulated ambitious goals for its future. In the last decade, the government has unveiled one transformative blueprint after another—industrial hubs to lure global investors, deep-sea ports to anchor regional trade, and tourism parks to rival Southeast Asian destinations [....]
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Unlocking Bangladesh’s Untapped Workforce: Why Women Hold the Key to Economic Survival
- Arpita Chakraborty
- Sep 30, 2025
Bangladesh stands at a difficult economic crossroads. Once celebrated as a miracle, growth has slowed to its slowest level since the pandemic, with GDP increasing at only 3.97% in FY2024-2025. Inflation is still stubbornly high, and many economists now caution that previous impressive growth estimates were probably [....]
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Youth Readiness in an Evolving Job Market
- Ekramul Hasan, Md Razib
- Aug 18, 2025
To guide youth development efforts, the National Youth Policy 2017 was developed, which defines youth as individuals aged 18–35. In contrast, the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) defines youth as those aged 15–29. Considering both definitions, more than 35% of the country’s population falls within [....]
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Diversifying Female Employment Beyond the RMG Sector
- Dipa Das, Ekramul Hasan
- Feb 2, 2025
Bangladesh’s female labour market is predominantly characterized by informal employment, which accounts for 96.6% of total female employment. Although women’s participation in the labour force has increased from 36.3% in 2016-17 to 42.7% in 2022, it still lags [....]
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Breaking Boundaries: Shift from Unpaid Work to Self-Employment
- Dipa Das, Ekramul Hasan, Md Tuhin Ahmed
- Feb 2, 2025
Bangladesh has been going through a demographic window of opportunity since 1991 but is yet to reap its potential benefits. The national unemployment rate, which is around 3.5 per cent according to the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) 2022, might indicate Bangladesh [....]
